YouTube
YouTube deals a massive blow to cryptocurrency community, calls it “harmful or dangerous”, mass deletes videos
YouTube made no announcement that this was coming and quietly dealt the blow as people were wound down for Christmas.
Floatplane is a new way for YouTube creators to diversify and supplement their income
Floatplane is now open to all creators.
YouTube at risk of being blocked in Russia over copyright issues
A court has threatened YouTube with being blocked by ISPs unless it takes down and keeps down copyrighted content.
Ford Fischer highlights YouTube’s unfair treatment of independent journalists
Journalists that don’t belong to major news networks are having a hard time on YouTube.
YouTube removes video that criticizes Coinbase verification process for being “harmful and dangerous”
This policy has created uncertainty about the future of certain types of content on YouTube.
YouTube rejects appeal from Kendall Rae, confirming true crime content is at risk on YouTube
Rae’s video was removed and the appeal has been denied.
YouTuber MysteryGuitarMan has video blocked when news network claims his video as theirs
YouTube isn’t responding.
YouTube channel Hot Tea at risk of deletion after Trisha Paytas copy strikes
YouTube’s strike system is easily abused.
PewDiePie explains why he’s taking a break from YouTube next year
PewDiePie said he felt like he had to explain the break after the fake news saying he’s quitting YouTube.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki denies that YouTube has “some kind of ulterior goal”
Wojcicki also pushed back on what she described as “conspiracy theories” about “what YouTube’s really up to.”
Facebook bans journalist Ford Fischer from posting links as he attempted to share YouTube censorship article
Facebook has been increasingly sanctioning its users for sharing links this year.
2019 was a low point for YouTube and demoralizing for creators and the community
There are no signs things will be better in 2020.